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The footwall is the block that is below the fault. The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
A fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
A normal fault is a fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
A reverse fault is in a zone of compressional faulting, rocks in the hanging wall are pushed up relative to rocks in the footwall. A normal fault is in a zone of tensional faulting, rocks in the hanging wall drop down relative to those in a footwall forming a normal fault.
The footwall
The footwall is the block that is below the fault. The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
thrust
Normal Fault
This is true of normal faults. In thrust or reverse faults, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall and in strike slip faults, it moves horizontally relative to the footwall.
A fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
Reverse Fault
Thrust
Thrust
Thrust
Reverse Fault
A normal fault.
A normal fault